St. Thomas the ApostleSt. Thomas the ApostleSt. Thomas the ApostleSt. Thomas the Apostle 2692 East Fifth Avenue � Columbus, Ohio 43219

(614) 252-0976

www.saintthomasapostle.org

Fr. Michael Gentry, Pastor/Párroco

Fr. Dean Mathewson, In Residence/En Residencia

Tom Phillips, Dea-

con/

Parish Secretary

Secretariade la Parroquia

Marge McKee

(614) 252-0976

Hospitality

Hospitalidad

Music Director

Directora de Música

Liz Carle

(614) 337-1442

Ministerio Latino

Mass Schedule

Itinerario de Misa Monday/lunes…………………….8:30 A.M.

Tuesday/martes…………………...8:30 A.M.

Wednesday/miércoles…………….8:30 A.M.

Thursday/jueves…………………..8:30 A.M.

Friday/viernes…………………….8:30 A.M.

Saturday/sábado……….………….5:00 P.M.

Sunday/domingo………………….9:00 A.M.

& (Bilingual) 11:30 A.M.

Parish Council Co-Chairperson

Presidente del Cosejo Parroquial

Alice Porter

(614) 596-2963

Parish Council Co-Chairperson

Presidente del Cosejo Parroquial

Sacrament of Penance

Confesiones 4:00 P.M. Saturday and anytime by

request………………………(614) 252-0976

St. Vincent de Paul

St. Vincent de Paúl

Tom Hores

(614) 252-0976

Religious Education

Educación Religiosa

Tom Phillips &

Marge McKee

(614) 252-0976

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September 24, 2017September 24, 2017September 24, 2017September 24, 2017

Mass Intentions For the Week

Intenciones Para Las Misas

Monday/lunes 8:30am Ezr 1:1-6/Lk 8:16-18

Renee Cooney

Tuesday/martes 8:30am Ezr 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20/Lk 8:19-21

Victims of the earthquake in Mexico

Wednesday/miércoles 8:30am Ezr 9:5-9/Lk 9:1-6

Dorothy Henry by The Hoffman Family

Thursday/jueves 8:30am Hg 1:1-8/Lk 9:7-9

Victims of hurricane Irma

Friday/viernes 8:30am Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/Jn 1:47-51

Nicholas & Ethel Sech

Saturday/sábado 5:00pm Zec2:5-9, 14-15a/Lk 9:43b-45

Antonio Granados Jr. by Alice Porter

Sunday/domingo 9:00am Ez 18:25-28/Phil 2:1-11/Mt 21:28-32

Christina Lang by Betty Sergio

Sunday/domingo 11:30am Living & Deceased Members of St. Thomas Church

Liturgical Ministry Schedule for September 30th & October 1/Horario de Ministerios – 30 de Septembre & 1

de Octubre Sat. 5:00pm 9:00am Sun. 11:30am

Reader 1 Cindy Taylor Sr. Margaret Hoffman Bill Pantoja

Reader 2 LaVerne Hill Scott Camanzo Arturo Martinez

Communion 1 Joe Davis Julie Warner Colleen Cannell

Communion 2 Harley Preston Collette Compton Maria Phillips Communion 3 Pat Preston Dcn. Tom Phillips Dcn. Tom Phillips

Server 1 Joannie Neal Mary Polemeni-McGovern Alex Pantoja

Server 2 Benetta Hartman Tania Morales

Note: Communion 1 ministers the Eucharistic Bread; Communion 2 & 3 minister the cup

If you are not able to make your assigned ministry, please find an alternate or call the Parish Office.

Sick in our Parish/Enfermos en nuestra parroquia Por favor, recuerden a los enfermos y los inválidos in sus

oraciones. Please remember the sick and homebound in

your prayers, Dora Barra, Carol Bensing, Carol Billisits,

Al Blair, Shannon Brady, Dick Clark, Marcia Gastaldo,

Joe Gibboney, Louise Layne, Lori Maite, Sr. Noreen

Malone, Renee Nesbitt, John Panthana, Patricia Olasco-

aga Piña, Dolores Page, Bill Pritchett, Carl Skobrak,

Margaret Skobrak, Pat Skobrak, Donna Kay Smith,

Anna Villarroel.

Prayer Chain/Cadena de oración

Santo Tomás tiene una cadena de oracion para solicitar oraciones por los enfermos en parroquia. St. Thomas has an active prayer chain. If you have a

prayer request, such as illness or surgery, please call Louise Layne (614-258-6406) or Kathy Myers (614-

471-8027).

We have MANY weekdays and weekends available for Memorials Masses. If you would like to have a Mass said for someone, please fill out an envelope

that can be found in the back of the Church and drop it in the collection basket.

Please log on to http://saintthomasapostle.org to see our new and improved web site with

registration forms, volunteer sign-up forms, the par-ish calendar and all the latest parish news and infor-

mation.

This Week At St. Thomas

Esta Semana en Santo Tbomás

Tuesday/martes, September 26

9:00am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Wednesday/miércoles, September 27 5:00, 6:00 and 7:00pm, ESL

7:00pm Adoration & Reconciliation

Sunday/domingo, October 1 10:15am Religious Ed

On November 9th the Catholic Diocese Office

of Vocations and Black Catholic Ministries of Columbus will sponsor “In God’s Service”, a

vocations program for high school students. This

event will be held at Christ the King Catholic

Church, located at 2777 E. Livingston Ave. in

Columbus. The program begins at 10:30am after

light refreshments in the vestibule, with Mass at

12:00pm followed by a pizza lunch in the under-

croft. This year Fr. Denis Kigozi will be the

Service Honoree and the speakers will be Fr.

David Schalk and Sister Patricia Rogers, OP. To

attend, sign-up with your school chaplain, campus

minister or your pastor.

The Foster Grandparent Program is in need of volunteers. Foster Grandparents are paired with

students enrolled in Columbus City Schools and

provide tutoring, mentoring and support to these

students. Volunteers must be at least 55 years old

and must be able to give at least 15 hours per

week to volunteering. Volunteers also receive a

tax-free hourly stipend if they are income eligible.

Contact Kristi Brown at kbrown@colscss.org or

614-857-1213 for more information or to volun-

teer.

Our next confirmation class will be in 2018-

2019. It is required that current sixth and seventh

graders who are going to be part of our next

confirmation class attend religious education

classes for two consecutive years. Please register

your children this year (2017-2018) to make sure

they fulfill the two-year requirement.

Nuestra próxima clase de preparación para la confirmación será en el año 2018-2019. Es

un requisito que los niños que están en el sexto

y séptimo grado y que van a ser parte de nuestra

próxima clase de preparación, atiendan clases

de educación religiosa durante dos años

consecutivos. Por favor registren a sus hijos este

año (2017-2018) para que así cumplan con el

requisito de los dos años.

Religious Ed classes begin this Sunday at 10:15am.

If anyone would still like to register their children, you can do so in the school. You may pay in cash

or by check made out to St. Thomas Apostle and include your payment in the envelope along with the registration form. If you have any questions, please

call the parish office at (614) 252-0976 during normal business hours (Monday through Thursday between

9 AM and 2 PM) or stop in the school on Sunday morning.

Las clases de educación religiosa empezarán este domingo a las 10:15 am. Si todavía no han registrado

a sus hijos, lo podrán hacer en la escuela antes del comienzo de las clases. El pago puede ser en efectivo o

cheque a nombre de St. Thomas Apostle. Usted tiene la opción de incluir un sobre sellado con el formulario de registro y el pago en la canasta de la colecta. Si

tienen alguna pregunta, por favor llamar a la oficina de lunes a jueves entre las 9 AM y las 2 PM, o ir en

persona a la escuela este domingo. What problems in the Columbus area are making you

worried or angry? BREAD House Meetings provide an

opportunity to bring your concerns forward as potential

problems to be researched and solved by BREAD. This

year you can select either of two house meetings being

held in our church undercroft. One choice is Saturday,

Sept. 23 at 12:00 noon, and the other is Monday, Sept. 25

at 7:00 p.m. As part of your personal commitment to

"doing justice", we hope you will join us for one of these

important listening sessions.

What Does The Church Say?

“It is in regard to death that man’s condition is

most shrouded in doubt.” In a sense bodily death

is natural, but for faith it is in fact “the wages of

sin.” For those who die in Christ’s grace it is a

participation in the death of the Lord, so that they

can also share his Resurrection.

Death is the end of earthly life. Our lives are

measured by time, in the course of which we

change, grow old and, as with all living beings

on earth, death seems like the normal end of life.

That aspect of death lends urgency to our lives:

remembering our mortality helps us realize that we

have only a limited time in which to bring our lives

to fulfillment.

CCC 1006-1007

We wish to thank the sponsors who make our weekly bulletin possible and would ask our parishioners to consider these advertisers as a source of

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In Memory of…In Memory of…In Memory of…In Memory of…

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Class of St. Class of St. Class of St. Class of St. ThomasThomasThomasThomas

1934193419341934

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Please remember St. Thomas Parish

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Compliments of a friend

SERRAN PRAYER FOR

VOCATIONS

O God, Who will not the death of

a sinner · but rather that he be converted and live · grant we

beseech you · through the intercession of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin · Saint Joseph, her

spouse · Blessed Junipero Serra · and all the saints · an increase of laborers for your Church · fellow laborers with Christ to spend and consume themselves for souls · through the same Jesus Christ ·

Your Son · Who lives and reigns with You · in the unity of the

Holy Spirit · God forever · and ever. Amen.

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In Memory of…In Memory of…In Memory of…In Memory of…

Eddie Homer Jimmy Trainor

Joseph Thomas George Monroe

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Carolyn (Vitali) Tarnell Elizabeth (Paudicz) Walcutt

Leo Gallick Lucille (Zborovsky) Maher

Annie Zag Joe Dymek

Andy Markoff

Class of St. Class of St. Class of St. Class of St. ThomasThomasThomasThomas

1934193419341934